The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-16
Samanthy on a Tower
Josiah Aliens Wife Visits Washington.

-Josephthe POHdrd.
Samanthy on a Tower
Josiah Aliens Wife Visits Washington.
Josiah and me done first rate last year,
and so when he axed me to 60 off with
him on some towers, two or three on
'em, l consented with alackrity. Tow
ers are SO elevatin' and upliftin'.
He proposed that we should 60 on
our first tower to Washington. Says he !:
'We are all run behind in payin' visits /;
less 60 first and see Miss Bean
Miss Bean is his favorite third cousin
on his own side. He thinks sight on
her. But good land SO do I. 1 Ihain't
a mite jealous; l like Miss Beam
She may be little vain and gin to likin'
her relation over and above we'll. But
good land that is good fault. I like
Miss Bean. And we owed her lots Of
visits she had made her home with us
before she married Bean.
So we set sail early one mornin' and
arrived at Miss Beanses, Washington,
D. c., just as the sunset was lowerin
down her purple mantilly and hangin'
it in graceful folds over the settin' sun.
The sun had gone out of sight, and
the mantilly speak on all lay in dusky
crumpled folds right down on the hori-
zeon, but I have to flower off facts a
little.
Miss Bean wuz glad to see US, and
she and Josiah seemed almost overglad
to meet again. But see at first sight
(and mentioned it to Josiah afterward)
that poor woman had failed dretfully,
and pitied the poor thing, and seys l:
Il am afraid that Bean hain't what he
should be-.
And Josiah seid: 'He never had
thought much of Bean, which may be
true so far as | know.
Bean was off travelin' on the road
for groceries.
Well, the next mornin' KNOWN that
this tower was a short one, we didn't
lay out to stay more'n two or three
days, and KNOWN from our elevated
positions a great deal would be expect
ed of us by GAINESVILLE and the world in
the line of knowledge, I seys to Josiah
early the next mornin'-
Josiah Allen, it stands us in hand to
be up and a doin', and seys I, as mid
elm solemn events: 'What shall
we tackle first, Josiah p
And he says, 'The Capitol
And consequently we tackled it.
Immegetly after breakfast, a good
one (though the steak wuzn't so tender
as have seen, and the bread wuzn't
like the bread in a certain stone churn,
in a certain buttery, and so I mention
ed to Josiah still it was midellin'
good breakfast, and we sot out in pref
ty good sperets, and the street car
We thought we would ride round the
city little afor we tackled the Capitol.
Miss Bean had to stay to home to tend
to things, and though Josiah seemed to
be despereted about her not goin' with
us, felt inclined to look on it as ads
persation, and to be resigned to it.
was dressed well and felt well.
had on bran new parmethy dress. and
mantilly of the same, with tabs, a
long new green veil, umberel, as good
as new, and also had new pair of woos-
ted gloves, the same color as my dress.
Icorresponded all through, and felt well,
but not naughty.
And so we wended our way along
the broad, clean, beautiful streets; why
they wuz that clean you could almost
eat your breakfast offer 'em, and broad,
why broad is no name for 'em.
And l seys to Josiah: 'What do you
spose makes the streets so broad and
clean p
And he says: 'What henders the
streets from bein' broad when the gov
ernment owns the hull country. 1t
would be pity if it couldn't make the
streets broad enough to spread itself
out in. Says he, 'The law of Ameri-
can freedom is wide one; it takes
sights of room to roll around in, and ii
impresses foreign natives dretfully tc
see the wedth of the tracks. And as
for their bein' so clean, seys he, there
is lots of able bodied men here who
don't have a thing to do only to make
a law now and then, l spose mebby
they lay hold and help sometimes
Il don't believe it, seys I. They'd
think it were demeein' 'em. Not thai
it would be- seys I. 'For this is clear
work compared to some they have te
do. But, howsomever, they wouldn't
do it.
'Oh, WE'LL seys Josiah, Il shouldn't
wonder if they would, jest to pass away
time, Jest for exercise, you know
But knew they didn't. And how
under the sun the city is kept SO swee
and clean is a mystery to me, unless
the folks along the road gets up ane
washes em off with a cloth durin' th'
night.
And 1 don't believe they do that, be
cause that would wear on 'em-anc
everybody looked SO good-humoree
and happy, and sort of refreshed ant
gay, that I gin up that idea. And 81
/ had to put it away in the closet where
I keep mysteries. CThat closet is jes
packed full and got to be enlarged.)
And all along the broad, clean, beau
tiful streets, every now and then, ane
sometimes oftener, are little three-cor
nered parks, they call 'em reservations
full of green trees and flowers, ant
fountains and statutes. All over Wash
ington, at almost every street corner
you'll find 'em, and even big park
full of all sorts of beautiful trees ant
flowers. Glossy leaved magnolias, ON
mass of brilliant rose color, and thei
trees beading down with pink ant